Meetings 2010 - 2011

Goals

o Have heavy emphasis on MATH
o Analyze TEKS to determine Math areas of focus
o Create flipcharts on TEKS needing support
o Share flipcharts with the T3 Collaborative Group
o Gather attendance and TAKS scores reports from participating classrooms
Guidelines
  • 2 hr meetings once a month
  • Notify Tracy and your Principal if you cannot make meeting
  • Collaborate within district and with other districts

September 27, 2010
  • Math Curriculum Specialists
    • Lead group in navigation of Aware to find Math areas of need based on historical data
  • Got Planet Scavenger Hunt
  • Find resources that address a specific need based on Aware data analysis
  • Board Maintenance
    • Filters
    • Slipping
  • Wiki Page Reminders
  • Laptop Update
    • Schedule a time before November 1st to update BOTH the Operating System (OS) to Snow Leopard and the latest version of ActiveInspire
  • Questions/Concerns/Needs
    • horizontal lines with pen? (Luke)
    • Linda and Syria, Claudia and Maria- sound
    • Kimberly- laptop not recognized; won't interact


November 9, 2010
  • Review of most recent meeting: We discussed targeting areas of weakness in Math. What steps have you taken to address these areas?
  • The gift of time: break into groups by grade levels and create a flip chart that addresses upcoming needs in Math.
    • focus?
    • design lesson--What flip chart tricks can you teach each other?
    • upload to wiki/save to flashdrives
  • Share
    • How was it made?
    • How can it be modified to suit your particular needs?
  • Questions?
    • How can we make problem solving more interactive without it taking so much time?



November 15th


Dec. 13th


Jan 24th




TCEA Promethean demonstrations:



Feb 8th during Feb. Conf. 8:15 - 9:30
Needs:
graphing ideas
menu to click on icon and it takes you to another page (hyperlink within flip chart)
revisit containers, property browser, customizing tool bars
sound when timer goes off in clock tool
measurement
problem solving



Teacher
Grade
Campus
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Linda Bernhard
3rd
Bagdad

x

Erin Hillary
3rd
Bagdad

x

Syria De La Cruz
4th
Bagdad

x

Allison Ponce
5th
Bagdad

x







Esmerelda Lara
3rd
Knowles
x
x
x
Ernesto Herrera
4th
Knowles
x
x

Joanne Sanford
5th
Knowles
x








Norma Hernandez
3rd
Westside
x
x

Claudia Hernandez
4th
Westside
x
x
x






Kimberly Benedetti
3rd
Whitestone
x
x

Lydia Nava
4th
Whitestone

x

Maria Garcia-Vasocanova
5th
Whitestone
x
x




Mar 22nd
Handouts
TCEA Tidbits
Google Earth
Dualing Pens
Cursor Control - Remote Mouse
Incremental Stretch for Bar Graphs
linoit.com - online postit notes
teacherled.com- IWB activities
misterteacher.com - virtual manipulatives
animoto.com - movie making tool
takscopes.com -
online interactive games--http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk
Think Central IWB resources
Student Resources page--Scholastic-Flashlight Readers-whiteboards





Apr 5th
Google Earth Website


April 25th



May 9th
Required T3 Grant Survey